North Kamrup massacre

When

3 Jan 1980

Kind

Riot

Coordinates

22.80° N, 83.00° E

Description

Series of violent activities in Assam, 1980

Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.

Series of violent activities in Assam, 1980

The North Kamrup violence was a series of violent incidents in North Kamrup, Assam, on 4–5 January 1980 between those who supported the Assam Movement and those who opposed it. Triggered by the death of a high school student, a member of the AASU, it led to a series of attacks and counter-attacks between Assamese and immigrant villages leading to a curfew.

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